Kirk Elder is Life President of The Peebles Showboaters Amateur Dramatic Society. For many years a columnist on The Scotsman newspaper, he is currently "in recovery" from the experience. He enjoys parma violets, cloudless winter nights, and the films of Mr Burt Lancaster. He is currently writing his autobiography, "And Not For the Better".
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
The Daily Telegraph, As Viewed By The Advertising Robots of Google
I have remarked before about the peculiar priorities of the robots at Google, who select advertisements to fill the small box (above). Oddly, in recent weeks, this site has attracted advertisements from the Daily Mirror, and now - above, at the time of writing - The Daily Telegraph. The Telegraph advertisement appeared after my diary entry about the theme from Z-Cars, which makes me wonder which of the "key-words" made it attractive to potential readers of that grand conservative institution. Perhaps it was the mention of national anthems. One trusts it was nothing to do with Nazis. Or was it the musical lavatory bowl? Actually, the more I think about it, the more worrying it gets.
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I myself strayed here after forgetting to put inverted commas into my search for that great war movie "das Boot", and instead of a picture of those fine Huns in oily uniform, I find myself looking at a green Wellington. I have stayed to read on, however, and am interested enough to return. Indeed the small ad above right now advertises weddings at Gretna Green, which service I will be availing myself of when my googling of "Filippino" and "bride" turns up trumps. I thank you
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